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Post by HuntMeister on Oct 2, 2017 9:58:33 GMT -5
I have been trying to teach my 7 yr old how to shoot with open sights and I think he is either not understanding me or I am doing a lousy job of explaining how to use the sights. Was wondering if anyone can suggest a online or other software program that would help him to learn to use open sights? The kids have an XBOX as well but all I have found are the typical shooter games. I did find this one, www.huntercourse.com/ranges/riflerange.aspx , but when using the open sights, the front post does not align with the rear sight (unless I am not operating it correctly), so it would not teach him correctly IMO. |
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Post by stevein on Oct 2, 2017 10:35:50 GMT -5
Having competed in traditional muzzle loader matches and NRA pistol matches I found the best for me was a square/rectangular notch rear and a flat topped blade front. Show light on each side of the blade and top of blade even with the top of the rear sight. Another thing is that you really need to teach them to just focus on the front sight leaving the target and rear sight kind of out focus. Some have success with a shallow U and a bead.
A peep may be a better choice for the rear sight. The eye naturally centers on the peep just leaving the front sight to be positioned correctly. A bead usually works just covering up the intended target zone.
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Post by jackryan on Oct 2, 2017 10:48:54 GMT -5
I have been trying to teach my 7 yr old how to shoot with open sights and I think he is either not understanding me or I am doing a lousy job of explaining how to use the sights. Was wondering if anyone can suggest a online or other software program that would help him to learn to use open sights? The kids have an XBOX as well but all I have found are the typical shooter games. I did find this one, www.huntercourse.com/ranges/riflerange.aspx , but when using the open sights, the front post does not align with the rear sight (unless I am not operating it correctly), so it would not teach him correctly IMO. You can't learn everything from a computer. Get a BB gun, an apple, and a puddle of water. Ditch the computer. Or sign him up for a class with a professional instructor. You get what you pay for. This is the first gun I get out in a basic rifle or pistol training session.  |
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Post by moose1am on Oct 2, 2017 11:38:36 GMT -5
I like that practice gun Jackryan. Getting the right sight picure can vary on different types of open sights. Some have white dots painted on the back and front sights. You then have to line up the two back dots with the one front dot and the target.
I like the idea of a target and some practice with a bb or pellet gun with open sights at short range. 7 years old is petty young. I got my first BB gun when I was around 8 or 9. I lived in the country and could shoot out in the back yard as there was nothing behind my parents house other than a big open farm field. It was a half mile back to the woods and the highway was a mile or more to the south of our back yard. We could shoot shotguns out in the back yard and no one cared. I long for those days. Now I have to drive 30 minutes and 20 miles to get to the State Approved shooting range. Development sucks sometimes when your back yard shooting range turns into new housing developments in the farm field behind your home. I preferred the farm field and the open areas with the woods where I use to be able to hunt.
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Post by parson on Oct 2, 2017 11:50:11 GMT -5
This may not apply, but when teaching my granddaughter to shoot, we discovered that she was left eye dominant. She does well right-handed as long as she closes her left eye.
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Post by HuntMeister on Oct 2, 2017 12:25:41 GMT -5
I just figured out how to align the front and rear sights!! use the directional arrow keys on the keyboard!
This will help him to understand proper use of the open sights.
Thanks for the comments.
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Post by jackryan on Oct 2, 2017 21:17:29 GMT -5
I like that practice gun Jackryan. Getting the right sight picure can vary on different types of open sights. Some have white dots painted on the back and front sights. You then have to line up the two back dots with the one front dot and the target. I like the idea of a target and some practice with a bb or pellet gun with open sights at short range. 7 years old is petty young. I got my first BB gun when I was around 8 or 9. I lived in the country and could shoot out in the back yard as there was nothing behind my parents house other than a big open farm field. It was a half mile back to the woods and the highway was a mile or more to the south of our back yard. We could shoot shotguns out in the back yard and no one cared. I long for those days. Now I have to drive 30 minutes and 20 miles to get to the State Approved shooting range. Development sucks sometimes when your back yard shooting range turns into new housing developments in the farm field behind your home. I preferred the farm field and the open areas with the woods where I use to be able to hunt. One of the best parts, is to take those sights off and lay them right on what ever paper target you are using. Right on top of each other. I can't count the number of times the first response has been, "Oh, ok". |
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Post by jackryan on Oct 2, 2017 21:20:14 GMT -5
This may not apply, but when teaching my granddaughter to shoot, we discovered that she was left eye dominant. She does well right-handed as long as she closes her left eye. It should be one of the very first things they do in any basic or beginner class, especially children while it is still just as easy to learn one way as the other. Save them a life time of aggravation there is just no reason for. |
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Post by HuntMeister on Oct 3, 2017 6:33:14 GMT -5
Showed my boy the online shooting program last night and I think I saw the light bulb switch on for him!  |
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Post by deadeer on Oct 4, 2017 1:30:26 GMT -5
My boy just turned 7. He did real good with iron sights on a bb gun about 2 yrs ago. Now he has moved up to a scope on everything and almost hates when we try iron sights. But I make him do it so he knows them. He also turned out being left eye dominant, and when we had him try left handed things, he naturally took off and excelled in everything. It was a WOW moment! Glad we got that straightened out early in life.
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Post by moose1am on Oct 4, 2017 9:37:05 GMT -5
This may not apply, but when teaching my granddaughter to shoot, we discovered that she was left eye dominant. She does well right-handed as long as she closes her left eye. Excellent Point. I had to learn about left eye dominate and right eye shooting the hard way. It was many years into my life that someone explained this to me. I had to close my left eye to shoot only with my right eye when shooting a shot gun. My wing shooting improved 1000% after that. Before I could not hit the broad side of a barn. I was pretty much self taught about shooting and hunting. My dad was not into guns at all. He liked to fish but was not a hunter. He never objected to me going hunting but he never expressed any interest in going with me. The ironic or weird thing is that now I'm right eye dominate. I had several eye operations and that made my brain decide to use the right eye more than the left eye now. The eye operation on my left eye left my left eye's retina with some swelling and such. So my left eye sees things bigger than my right eye and closer. Closer is bigger in a sense. So now I can shoot with both eyes open and my brain chooses to see the right eye as the dominate one. |
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